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Chinese plan manned space launch
Beijing (UPI) Nov 20, 2007 Chinese space officials announced Tuesday a manned spacecraft is scheduled to be launched in October 2008, shortly after the Beijing Olympic Games. Three astronauts are scheduled to make the trip aboard Shenzhou VII, which includes a planned live broadcast of a spacewalk, the Oriental Morning Post in Shanghai reported. "This is the first time for us to do this and it will be very ... more SKorea to join Asian space race: science ministry 
Seoul (AFP) Nov 20, 2007South Korea on Tuesday announced an ambitious plan to join Asia's space race by launching a lunar orbiter by 2020 and sending a probe to the moon five years after that. The science ministry unveiled the project one month after China launched its first lunar orbiter and two months after Japan did. Its "road map" requires the nation to complete developing its own 300-tonne rocket at a cost ... more Goddard Engineers And Divers Multi-Task For Hubble 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 21, 2007Ever wonder how NASA astronauts prepare for Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions? I wish I could say it's rocket science, but what it really comes down to is lots of preparation. And the astronauts spend many hours practicing on intricate, full-sized models of the telescope. In planning for Servicing Mission 4 to Hubble, crew members divide their time between NASA's Johnson Space Cent ... more Jogging To Mars 
Muncie IN (SPX) Nov 21, 2007Short but intense sessions of exercise may help women on bed rest stay strong and recuperate more quickly, according to a NASA-funded study by researchers at Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. The findings of the first comprehensive bed rest study focusing exclusively on women will help NASA develop more effective countermeasures to mitigate strength and muscle loss in female astronauts on long ... more Expedition 16 Completes Spacewalk 
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 21, 2007International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Dan Tani wound up a 7-hour, 16-minute spacewalk to outfit the Harmony node in its new position in front of the U.S laboratory Destiny at 12:26 p.m. EST Tuesday. With the Harmony Node 2 attached to its permanent home on the forward end of the Destiny laboratory, the spacewalkers hooked up electrical and fluid connections betw ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 21, 2007The next time you take a moonlit stroll, or admire a full, bright-white moon looming in the night sky, you might count yourself lucky. New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggest that moons like Earth's - that formed out of tremendous collisions - are uncommon in the universe, arising at most in only 5 to 10 percent of planetary systems. "When a moon forms from a violent c ... more Lockheed Martin Delivers Key Satellite Hardware For New Military Communications System 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Nov 21, 2007Lockheed Martin has achieved another major milestone in the development of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications system with the successful delivery of the core propulsion module for the second satellite in the program constellation. The AEHF system will provide global, highly secure, protected, survivable communications for all warfighters serving under the U.S. D ... more Concerns persist over Chinese anti-satellite test: US military 
Washington (AFP) Nov 20, 2007US concerns about China's military buildup have only been heightened by a Chinese anti-satellite test in January that has yet to be explained, the top US military leader said Tuesday. Admiral Michael Mullen, the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he raised the test with Chinese leaders when he visited the country in August, as have other senior US officials. "It speaks to a ... more Putin warns NATO against border build-up 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 20, 2007President Vladimir Putin warned NATO against "muscle-flexing" on Russia's border Tuesday and ordered top generals to raise the combat readiness of the country's nuclear missiles. Meanwhile, the armed forces chief of staff, General Yury Baluyevsky, also confirmed that Russia would suspend adherence to a key Cold War arms treaty on December 12, news agencies reported. "In violation of prev ... more UW-Madison Scientists Guide Human Skin Cells To Embryonic State 
Madison WI (SPX) Nov 21, 2007In a paper to be published Nov. 22 in the online edition of the journal Science, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reports the genetic reprogramming of human skin cells to create cells indistinguishable from embryonic stem cells. The finding is not only a critical scientific accomplishment, but potentially remakes the tumultuous political and ethical landscape of stem cell bi ... more |
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Madison WI (SPX) Nov 21, 2007The approach of winter in the northern hemisphere means that summer is coming to Antarctica - still bitterly cold, but just warm enough to let scientists make progress on ongoing studies. Among those University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members who conduct research at the bottom of the word are Jim Bockheim, an expert on Antarctica's Mars-like soils; Christine Ribic, a wildlife ecologist who ... more How Do We Make Sense Of What We See 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 21, 2007M.C. Escher's ambiguous drawings transfix us: Are those black birds flying against a white sky or white birds soaring out of a black sky? Which side is up on those crazy staircases? Lines in Escher's drawings can seem to be part of either of two different shapes. How does our brain decide which of those shapes to "see?" In a situation where the visual information provided is ambiguous -- whethe ... more 300 Miles Per Gallon! Aptera Motors Unveils Ultra Efficient All-Electric and Plug-In Hybrid 
Carlsbad CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2007Electric Vehicles for Under $30K! Today, Aptera officially unveiled two vehicles that could change the future of automotive design. Aptera's Typ-1 is a radically different vehicle designed to marry advanced aerodynamics with light-weight composite technology creating an incredibly powerful, yet extremely safe vehicle that is a joy to drive -- even for the most performance-minded individuals. ... more SE Asian leaders back nuclear energy 
Singapore (AFP) Nov 20, 2007Southeast Asian leaders offered their backing Tuesday for the use of nuclear energy despite concerns over safety in a region prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. In a declaration on the environment issued at the end of annual talks, they also agreed to work on an "aspirational goal" to increase the region's forest cover by at least 10 million hectares (24.7 mllion acres) by 2020. ... more HelioVolt Adds Two Board Members To Support Commercial Expansion 
Austin TX (SPX) Nov 20, 2007Maladin Principal and Sequel Partner Join Solar Thin Film Leader's Board of Directors. HelioVolt Corporation, a producer of highly-efficient thin film solar products, today announced two key additions to the company's Board of Directors. E. Kenneth Pentimonti, principal at Paladin Capital and Ronald D. Bernal, partner at Sequel Venture Partners, join the board as HelioVolt moves to commercial a ... more
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